Jim Ochetenwu 
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has suspended all unlicensed colleges of health technology around the state. The proscription of the affected colleges, all private, takes immediate effect. The governor after a meeting in Yola on Tuesday, gave the directive for the closure of the “unregistered and unaccredited” private colleges of health. Fintiri revealed the … Read more
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State gave 60,000 bags of rice, each weighing 25kg, to vulnerable citizens on Friday. The rice is part of the palliative items that the state government has scheduled for distribution to reduce the hardship owing largely to the removal of fuel subsidy. Flagging off the distribution of the food item … Read more
The Adamawa State Government has received 10 mega shuttle buses at a total cost of N1.06 billion for the transport component of its fuel subsidy removal palliative programme. The government has also ordered trucks of rice, corn and other items for proposed distribution at 50 percent subsidised prices to the people. This was disclosed on … Read more
The Adamawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, held its protest in Yola, Wednesday morning, condemning the fuel price hike and lamenting how Nigeria produces crude oil but has no functional facility to refine even a little quantity of it. The state NLC Chairman, Emmanuel Fashe who led the protest, said fuel price … Read more
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has declared a 24-hour curfew on the state. The governor announced the measure Sunday afternoon after hoodlums stormed two warehouses, looting items. DAILY POST gathered that some of the hoodlums were degenerating to private shops and attacking people when security operatives took charge. A statement from Fintiri’s Chief Press … Read more
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has ordered the procurement of 500,000 tree seedlings for planting to mitigate the effects of climate change. This comes barely a month after the governor announced the revival of a law against tree felling in response to rampant flooding and other effects of deforestation. Speaking on the decision for … Read more
Workers as well as pensioners on the payroll of the Adamawa State Government are to get N10,000 each month as petrol subsidy removal allowance. The special allowance regime will last six months, according to details of the state palliative package unveiled in Yola Wednesday. The chairman of the committee set up by the state government … Read more
The Adamawa State House of Assembly has set in motion machinery to probe the alleged establishment of 19 colleges of health without due process across the state. On Wednesday, the Assembly launched an investigation into the operations of the said colleges, mandating that its Committee on Health and that on Education jointly investigate the operation … Read more
Thousands of Muslims in the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State have held a special prayer for rainfall. Hong LGA lies in the northern part of Adamawa State where rain has been scarce since the onset of the rainy season. The relative dryness in a supposedly wet season appears, however, to be the reality … Read more
The Adamawa State High Court on Wednesday held off proceedings on the case involving suspended INEC Resident Electoral Officer, REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The court which had been scheduled to entertain the case, said it was in receipt of an order of a federal High Court in Abuja suspending the trial and so it had to … Read more